Dan Rowe is J-Source’s new book review editor
Dan Rowe, coordinator of Humber College’s Bachelor of Journalism program and former Quill & Quire news editor, takes over the book review section.
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Bloomberg expands in Canada
It’s not often you hear of a media company growing its ranks, but Bloomberg has increased its staff by 50 per cent in the past two years to grab a bigger share of the financial journalism market in Canada. Associate Editor Tamara Baluja reports.
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Why bother with data-driven journalism?
Time consuming, crazy-making and a vital tool for investigative reporting: Anna Mehler Paperny, senior producer of globalnews.ca's investigative data desk, explains the ins and outs of data-driven journalism and why more journalists should be crunching numbers.
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B.C. journalist Peter Clemente has died
Peter Clemente, a veteran broadcast journalist who worked for CityTV in Vancouver and CKPG in Prince George, B.C., died from a terminal illness on Feb. 12.
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Rogers moves to group publisher structure
Rogers Media is shaking up its management structure. Instead of a publisher for each of its titles, the company has streamlined to having four group publishers for its consumer magazines.
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Il n’y aura pas de bourse Fernand-Seguin cette année
Parce que les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC) ont décidé de ne pas soutenir la bourse, et parce que l’Association des communicateurs scientifiques du Québec (ACS) n’a pas trouvé d’autres partenaires, il n’y aura pas de bourse Fernand-Seguin en journalisme scientifique cette année. Une annonce perçue comme une bien mauvaise nouvelle par…
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How to keep your emotional distance as a journalist
Journalists often work on stories that interest them, and sometimes that interest can be personal. So how do you separate your story from the story you’re writing? Ishani Nath explains how she wrote an article about oncologists while waiting in her mother’s hospital room as she battled cancer.
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The Unknowable Country: What does Reporters Without Borders’ press freedom index actually mean?
Canada enjoyed one of the highest levels of press freedom in the world last year. But how is that measured? Columnist Sean Holman questions why Reporters Without Borders won’t release the questionnaires that determine a country’s level of press freedom.
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Journalism veteran Peter Desbarats died at 80
Desbarats, an award-winning journalist who worked with Global Television, Reuters, the Montreal Star and the Toronto Star, has died.
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Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary accepting applications
The new Gordon Sinclair Roving Reporter Bursary will support a research and reporting trip by an early career Canadian journalist who has recently graduated from one of Canada’s university-level journalism programs. The purpose of the $15,000 bursary will be to encourage a young journalist to get off the beaten track and to spend a considerable period away…